Glyphs Alternatives

Glyphs is described as 'Make everything from dingbat webfonts to full-fledged text typefaces in the most Mac-like font editor' and is a Font Editor in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Glyphs for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Web-based, Linux and BSD apps. The best Glyphs alternative is FontForge, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Glyphs are BirdFont, FontCreator, FontStruct and Glyphr Studio.

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Glyphs

Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor

Make everything from dingbat webfonts to full-fledged text typefaces in the most Mac-like font editor.

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FontForge
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
31 FontForge alternatives
Fontforge is a free Typeface (font) editor program for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU+Linux and is localized in several languages.
- - FontForge is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Glyphs.
- - FontForge is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Glyphs.
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FontForge Features
1. PortableFontForge can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Font maker
Typography
Web fonts
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Almost everyone thinks FontForge is a great Glyphs alternative.
BirdFont
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Freemium • Open Source
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
BSD
22 BirdFont alternatives
Birdfont is a free font editor which lets you create vector graphics and export TTF, OTF, EOT and SVG fonts.
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BirdFont Features
OTF editing
Color Fonts Support
TTF editing
FontCreator
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
25 FontCreator alternatives
This professional font editor allows you to create and edit TrueType and OpenType fonts. It has the powerful drawing tools that typographers and graphic designers require, and an intuitive interface that allows beginners to become productive immediately.
- - FontCreator is the most popular commercial alternative to Glyphs.
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FontCreator Features
Color Fonts Support
Web fonts
OpenType Support
FontStruct
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Online
25 FontStruct alternatives
FontStruct is a free font-building tool brought to you by the world’s leading retailer of digital type, FontShop.
- - FontStruct is the most popular Web-based alternative to Glyphs.
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FontStruct Features
Drag and Drop
Typography
Glyphr Studio
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Free • Open Source
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
21 Glyphr Studio alternatives
Glyphr Studio is a free online font editor to make good looking professional typefaces. Many professional font editors are very complex and/or very expensive. This tool however is streamlined and made for font design hobbyists... and it's free!.
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Glyphr Studio Features
Add ligatures
Type 3.2
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
23 Type 3.2 alternatives
Type 3.2 is advanced typography made accessible. Design, edit and convert OpenType and TrueType fonts. Run user defined Actions (eg italicise your font) and add OpenType features (eg ligatures and small capitals).
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Type 3.2 Features
Typography
Private Character Editor
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
25 Private Character Editor alternatives
(Windows built-in) Using Private Character Editor (PCE), you can create up to 6,400 unique characters (such as special letters and logos) for use in your font library. PCE contains basic tools for creating and editing characters, along with more advanced options.
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BitFontMaker2™
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Online
29 BitFontMaker2™ alternatives
Fast and easy Online Bitmap font Editor.
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BitFontMaker2™ Features
Typography
Fony
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Free • Proprietary
Font Editor
Windows
20 Fony alternatives
Fony is an editor for bitmap (raster) fonts. While the focus is on Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts, it can import and export some other popular file formats.
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FontLab
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
11 FontLab alternatives
With FontLab VI, you can create, open, modify, draw, space, kern, hint and export desktop, web, color and variable fonts. The app is an all-around font editor, but also supports data interchange with other font creation tools, making it easy to integrate into your existing...
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FontLab Features
OpenType Support
Color Fonts Support
Customizable
Comments about FontLab as a Alternative to Glyphs
Almost everyone thinks FontLab is a great Glyphs alternative.
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The ultimate font creator, glyphs is made for ease of use while Fontlab is the most used software by professionals. Of course there is a slightly higher learning curve but its completely worth it for all the control you get.
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FontLab VI has many features and functionality not present in Glyphs.
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Fontself Maker
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
23 Fontself Maker alternatives
Meet the fastest & easiest tool to create OpenType fonts, right within Illustrator & Photoshop CC. Fontself is used by thousands of creatives, including at Nike, Adobe, Google, Disney, Ubisoft or Sony.
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Fontself Maker Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/ExtensionsFontself Maker can be extended with add-ons, plugins and extensions.
Font maker
Typography
Color Fonts Support
Handwriting
FontLab Studio
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Paid • Proprietary
Font Editor
Mac
Windows
25 FontLab Studio alternatives
FontLab Studio 5 is next-generation professional font editor for Mac and Windows. Used by Adobe, Apple, Bitstream, IBM, Linotype, Microsoft, Monotype, Morisawa and almost every other major font foundry in the world, it is the comprehensive solution for font foundries...
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FontLab Studio Features
Typography
Discontinued
The program can be still bought from the official website, but it will not receive other updates. Its successor is FontLab

Opinions about FontLab Studio as a Alternative to Glyphs
Almost everyone thinks FontLab Studio is a great Glyphs alternative.